Blake's Water-Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray: With Complete TextsCourier Corporation, 31. dets 2013 - 128 pages At the dawn of the 19th century, Blake created this imaginative series of 116 watercolors to illustrate 13 poems by Thomas Gray. Including such popular poems as "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" and "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat," these rarely exhibited treasures remained exclusively in the hands of collectors for close to 175 years. This is the first inexpensive, full-color reproduction, with the complete text of the poems. |
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... flowers that round them blow " 3 83 43 Drink life & fragrance as they flow " The laughing flowers , that round them blow , " " Perching on the Scepterd hand 4 84 44 Of Jove , thy magic lulls the featherd king " " Perching on the ...
... flowers that round them blow " 3 83 43 Drink life & fragrance as they flow " The laughing flowers , that round them blow , " " Perching on the Scepterd hand 4 84 44 Of Jove , thy magic lulls the featherd king " " Perching on the ...
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... flowers , And wake the purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat , Refponfive to the cuckow's note , The untaught harmony of fpring : While , whifp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gather'd ...
... flowers , And wake the purple year ! The Attic warbler pours her throat , Refponfive to the cuckow's note , The untaught harmony of fpring : While , whifp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear blue sky Their gather'd ...
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... flowers , that blow ; Demureft of the tabby kind , + The penfive Selima reclin'd , Gaz'd on the lake below . Her confcious tail her joy declar'd ; The fair round face , the fnowy beard , The velvet of her paws DA Her 3 4 50 ODE ON THE ...
... flowers , that blow ; Demureft of the tabby kind , + The penfive Selima reclin'd , Gaz'd on the lake below . Her confcious tail her joy declar'd ; The fair round face , the fnowy beard , The velvet of her paws DA Her 3 4 50 ODE ON THE ...
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... brow Of WINDSOR's heights th ' expanfe below Of grove , of lawn , of mead furvey , Whofe turf , whofe fhade , whofe flowers among Wanders the hoary Thames along His filver - winding way . Ah 3 56 ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT Ah happy hills !
... brow Of WINDSOR's heights th ' expanfe below Of grove , of lawn , of mead furvey , Whofe turf , whofe fhade , whofe flowers among Wanders the hoary Thames along His filver - winding way . Ah 3 56 ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT Ah happy hills !
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